Jump to content

Zak Jones

dazzledavey36
dazzledavey36
in Melbourne Demons

Featured Replies

 

A massive slap in the face to Melbourne if we were chasing him seriously and he picked the Saints. 

Last chance ever to play with his brother, and Saints aren't exactly firing. 

We are not having a good time luring players at the moment. I suppose finishing 17th and being always mostly terrible will do that. 

  • Quote

    Z Jones is being massively overrated here; very limited player.  Pointless having speed if you don’t have the awareness.  Runs himself into trouble/pressure far too often.

  • Quote
    • Like 1
     
    4 minutes ago, Jaded said:

    A massive slap in the face to Melbourne if we were chasing him seriously and he picked the Saints. 

    Last chance ever to play with his brother, and Saints aren't exactly firing. 

    We are not having a good time luring players at the moment. I suppose finishing 17th and being always mostly terrible will do that. 

    Dont think we were chasing him. 

    Maybe he's ok about not playing with his bro. Not everyone's thing.

    No slaps in the face required.

    Trade time hasn't even started. Deep breaths...

    Edited by Moonshadow

  • Quote
    2 hours ago, TGR said:

    Another play with outside speed that we may overlook.

    he is fairly quick but have you seen him kick?

    poor skills and not great decision making either. no point adding speed without kicking skills imo

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    1 hour ago, DubDee said:

    he is fairly quick but have you seen him kick?

    poor skills and not great decision making either. no point adding speed without kicking skills imo

    Richmond won a flag in 17 with the worst kicking efficiency in the comp

  • Quote
    • Shocked 1
    1 hour ago, DubDee said:

    he is fairly quick but have you seen him kick?

    poor skills and not great decision making either. no point adding speed without kicking skills imo

    Good summary. He's a peninsula boy so personally moorabbin may suit him better.  Wouldn't add anythong new.

  • Quote
    2 hours ago, Jaded said:

     

    We are not having a good time luring players at the moment.

    Who says?

    We have targeted two and will have them both by the end of the week and had a nibble at one who is injury prone and might end up staying at his club. 

    Where have we failed so far?

  • Quote
    •  
    2 minutes ago, Redleg said:

    Who says?

    We have targeted two and will have them both by the end of the week and had a nibble at one who is injury prone and might end up staying at his club. 

    Where have we failed so far?

    And to add to this, it's never been reported that we've shown the slightest bit of interest in him, so it can't be a 'slap in the face' to the club if we didn't show interest in the first place.

  • Quote
    4 hours ago, Jaded said:

    A massive slap in the face to Melbourne if we were chasing him seriously and he picked the Saints. 

    Last chance ever to play with his brother, and Saints aren't exactly firing. 

    We are not having a good time luring players at the moment. I suppose finishing 17th and being always mostly terrible will do that. 

    We are going to sign Tomlinson and Langdon, we are doing ok.   Langdon has Jones covered easily 

    Edited by Demons11

  • Quote
    • 2 weeks later...

    Now a Saint

  • Quote

    It seemed obvious with Chunk being a champ of the MFC

    We needed a pacey wingman, seems a bit strange 

  • Quote

    We obviously rated Langdon higher who plays the same role. Based on the last 2 years I think we went after the right guy.

  • Quote
    • Like 2
    39 minutes ago, Billy said:

    It seemed obvious with Chunk being a champ of the MFC

    We needed a pacey wingman, seems a bit strange 

    We did but when Zac met Goody, Zac thought this guy is stubborn. He also thought Melbourne's captains were a joke. 

  • Quote

    Zak’s not a wingman, plays his best footy on ball or at half back. Contested players without great skills on the wing isn’t a recipe for success.

    Langdon doesn’t have great skills but is a more natural runner. Tomlinson was free (from draft capital). 

    I would’ve liked Zak but you have to draft and develop as well. Can’t be throwing 500k+ and 2nd rounders at every gap

  • Quote

    19 hours ago, Moonshadow said:

    Saints now have all the players who nominated them. Good effort

    Agree, the Saints efforts are exceptional. Also the Cats.  

    Can understand the Cats having drawing power but the Saints are a surprise.

    Must have very effective powers of persuasion and been working on their targeted players for a long time. 

    And have a well managed salary cap or lots of brown paper bags. 

  • Quote
    •  

    I would think that recruiting a player because his brother already plays for us would be right at the bottom of a list of good reasons to be chasing after somebody.   Suspect we won't regret not picking up a vanilla player like Z. Jones.

    Edited by demonstone
    left a word out

  • Quote
    • Like 2
    1 hour ago, hemingway said:

    Agree, the Saints efforts are exceptional. Also the Cats.  

    Can understand the Cats having drawing power but the Saints are a surprise.

    Must have very effective powers of persuasion and been working on their targeted players for a long time. 

    And have a well managed salary cap or lots of brown paper bags. 

    Saints only have 51 and 82 this year. They still need to bring in 3 from the draft. Maybe a rookie upgrade? Not sure, but I think they traded future picks as well.

    They've sold the farm for those 5 players. Better work, or they are rooted for the next 3-5 years.

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    Join the conversation

    You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

    Guest
    Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
    Reply to this topic...
    Go to topic listing

    Featured Content

    • PODCAST: Essendon

      The Demonland Podcast will air LIVE on Monday, 14th April @ the all new time of 8:00pm. Join Binman, George & I as we dissect another Demons loss at Kardinia Park to the Cats in the Round 04. Your questions and comments are a huge part of our podcast so please post anything you want to ask or say below and we'll give you a shout out on the show. If you would like to leave us a voicemail please call 03 9016 3666 and don't worry no body answers so you don't have to talk to a human.

      • 23 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • PREGAME: Fremantle

      The Demons return home to the MCG in search of their first win for the 2025 Premiership season when they take on the Fremantle Dockers on Saturday afternoon. Who comes in and who goes out?

        • Love
        • Like
      • 59 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • VOTES: Essendon

      Max Gawn leads the Demonland Player of the Year ahead of Clayton Oliver, Christian Petracca, Kade Chandler and Jake Bowey. Your votes please. 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 & 1.

      • 21 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • POSTGAME: Essendon

      Despite a spirited third quarter surge, the Demons have slumped to their worst start to a season since 2012, remaining winless and second last on the ladder after a 39-point defeat to Essendon at Adelaide Oval in Gather Round.

        • Clap
        • Like
      • 245 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • GAMEDAY: Essendon

      It’s Game Day, and the Demons are staring down the barrel of an 0-5 start for the first time since 2012 as they take on Essendon at Adelaide Oval for Gather Round. In that forgettable season, Melbourne finally broke their drought by toppling the Bombers. Can lightning strike twice? Will the Dees turn their nightmare start around and breathe life back into 2025?

        • Haha
      • 723 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • PREVIEW: Essendon

      As the focus of the AFL moves exclusively to South Australia for Gather Round, the question is raised as to what are we going to get from the  Melbourne Football Club this weekend? Will it be a repeat of the slop fest of the last three weeks that have seen the team score a measly 174 points and concede 310 or will a return to the City of Churches and the scene where they performed at their best in 2024 act as a wakeup call and bring them out of their early season reverie?  Or will the sleepy Dees treat their fans to a reenactment of their lazy effort from the first Gather Round of two years ago when they allowed the Bombers to trample all over them on a soggy and wet Adelaide Oval? The two examples from above tell us how fickle form can be in football. Last year, a committed group of players turned up in Adelaide with a businesslike mindset. They had a plan, went in confidently and hard for the football and kicked winning scores against both home teams in a difficult environment for visitors. And they repeated that sort of effort later in the season when they played Essendon at the MCG.

      • 0 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland
    View All